Welcome to my Blog. Anne and I live here in Clareview Edmonton Alberta, with our 2 cats etc. This blog is about my life, rants, politics, books, music production, Sports, some gaming, Freemasonry and some WTF-ish moments that give me pause. Feel free to contact me on my Twitter feed or YouTube channel Shannon on Sounds. Thanks for dropping by
was really good. I didn't have anything to eat but the lava cake and a diet cola. We covered a lot of business, which obviously I cant get into here. Also, sticking with Masonry, I'm almost ready to resume the petition to Cryptic rite. They only meet 4 times a year and its an expansin of what I'm already into.
Tonight its Smackdown, and Saturday BC Lions/Commonwealth. Can we make it 4 in a row? I doubt it. The Fajardo/Rankin connection doesn't want to slow down. Anyway, that's all for now.
from the stomach virus I had 2 days ago, early Wednesday morning. I'm about 80% recovered. Anne gave me some lemon relief tea, and that helped me go to sleep right away.
I'm still torn from getting Omnisphere 3 or UVI Sonic Pass. I might just still stick with Omnisphere 3, and UVI next year. I can wait. I don't like paying $30/month. Almost as much as my cell phone plan. Not only that but I'd need an external hard drive to run UVI. Anyway, that's all for now.
it out to Freemasons hall Tuesday night as my, psoriasis wasacting up. Even after a couple of days of applying some Doctor perscribed ointment my psoriasis was acting up on me.
Not only that but I received a stomcah virus over night and puked once. This had a stanglehold on me until about 7pm, when I was dozing on the couch Anne had bought me an A&W "Smash Burger." I think that was the perp
Other then that, I got the Elks game going on today but Anne wants to go out for our monthy. I can keep track of the score on my iPhone while we're having dinner. Sounds like a plan.
Tonight is Monday Night Raw, I'm going to see about getting a ride to Freemason's Hall for tomorrow night as a friend of mine is going to be installed as Lodge Master, Wednesday Anne & I are going out for our monthly outing, Thursday is the Elks/Winnipeg. Looking forward to that one. Friday is Smackdown, Saturday morning I'm out at a mens bring your own breakfast event and after that is WWE's "Night of Champions."
I'm so tempted to get Omnisphere 3. It's a huge VST library. I can get it at Long & McQuade. I've been wanting to get it since it's initial relese.
We're still getting rain as it's supposed to ease off later this morning. Looking forward to Josh's rainfall update. See how much rain we got this weekend. Anyway, that's all for now.
have had more rain volume then anything, I've ever seen here in this city. And this is more or less steady rain. Makes me homesick for the Lower mainland.
Speaking of weekend rain, yesterday at Commonwelth Stadium, the Elks (Canadian Football League) were hosting the Montreal Alouettes. The Al's have always been top in the East like the Riders here in the West.
night Smackdown, tomorrow at 2pm its Montreal@ Elks. Elks home opener. Sunday is fathers day. Not that I get anything out of it. Tuesday is Patricia Lodge instalation as a friend of mine is getting installed in King Solomon's chair. My year in the Est was 2024. I'm thinking Wednesday would be a good day for Anne and I to go on our monthly outing. Thursday it's Winnipeg/Elks. Friday Smackdown, Saturday, night of Champions. Friday is also payday😀
Speaking of which, Akai has released the MPC 37 Gen 2. It's i white finish as below. The origonal one was in red. What's cool about this
from going out. We wanted to go to "Stacks" but they close at 3pm. We would need to get out of here by 11:30am. I don't like rushing. Managment policy here has a monthly inspection of all seuites. They are mainly looking for pet oders that sort of thing, It's usually an in out type thing. Mostly the inspections are in the mornings. If that's the case, then Anne says we should go after that. I agree.
Other then the above not much else is going on. There's Smackdown tomorrow, Elks Home game Saturday. Life is good. Anyway, that's all for now.
June is we get most of our rain in one month. Early in June, the lilac bushes bloom, and some trees leaves are red. The air is perfumed and the days are longer. As an added bonus, it's playoff hockey season.
I had Sampletank 4 Max v2 since March 2022. Four years ago. It's a massive music production package of instruments, & samples. I didn't have the hard drive space at the time, but I do now. I think I'd rather get UVI's Sonic pass instead. It's a subscription but it covers everything, UVI releases. I have the space for this. Anyway, that's all for now.
but I found out how to install Roms in my RetroBat Windows 11 software. I just need to map the controller to the game console. Now if I can get indy games installed, excellent.
Tonight, I'll be following the Canes/Vegas game 6. If Carolina wins tonight, they win the Stanley Cup. If Vegas wins they force
Not much going on this week. I have that DTC place to call. I think Anne want's to go out for our monthly outing. The Elks play their home opener as Montreal is in towm Saturday. That's about all for now.
my lodge is in Red Deer for the Annual district Communication (ANCOM) and (I assume) other districts in the Province. I would have liked to attend if I was signle. It'd be something to save up for and it looks like a fun weekend. I think the Royal Arch version has already happened (Calgary?) This kind of syncs up with the 1980 Sherwood Park Medieval days weekend. Great memories.
While I'm not a Soccor fan the World Cup is being hosted by Canada. Games are scattered around the country. For that reasons the CFL BC Lions are in Saskatchewan bbut has nothing to do with the World Cup in Vancouver
Other then the above, not much going on today. This morning I was trying to figure out how to add games to RetroBat. I can't figure out how to do this. Was RetroBat installed properly? Anyway, that's all for now.
around here. Even my Facebook page has been lacking in output lately. Other then last Thursday, Lodge was about the only interesging thing going on. Lately, it's been Elks football and hockey.
On this date in 1994, a popcorn container was filled with approximately 6,619 cubic feet of popped corn.
I'm going to call this Dissability Tax credit service. See what they can do for a 73 year old man with scoliosis, with a metal rod in his spine, and CVI. My family Doctor would not sign off on AISH for me but my brother Mike is on AISH for the same thing. I just had an exray in April, so if they need that, I can get that easy enough. Anyway, that's all for now.
have been more or less regular but I can only get 5-6 hours spread over the course of 2 episodes. I'm usually in bed by 5:30am and up by 9am, and tired again by 11:30, back to bed and up at about 2:30pm. This has been going on from the time we moved in here. RLS plays a main part in it, and maybe watching too much video the last 2 hours before bed. Not a good idea.
In all of that, I'll get my 3100 steps in. I still haven't heard back from AADL about funding for my walker. It's not like I'm scaming the Government due to a "wrist injury" and driving my adapted son to and from school everyday and going on cross province road trips in the summer. I'm describing somebody else obviously. Anyway, that's all for now.
lasted from 5:30-10pm but my USB A-C cable did the job. Next time, I'll bring my power bank. I was wiped out by the time I got in at 11:30pm. It was a great evening.
I'm looking forward to the Elks/Red blacks game in Ottawa. It's a 5pm start. Our first real regular season game. Elks are 1/1 preseason.
is tight this afternoon. At least after this evening, my summer begins. No AAFM. I'm keeping my summer gatherings down to a minimum. Just out with Anne once a month and Momentum end of June. In theory.
Today is International Hug Your Cat Day is celebrated annually on June 4 (though sometimes also observed on May 30).
Smackdown (I think) is in Paris tomorrow night, so I can watch that anytime. This weekend should be easy going. I hope. Anyway, that's all for now.
IT is at it this morning, so I just need to power it up and let them log in remotely.
On the bright side, the fire alarm inspectors are finally done here. Yesterday was brutal—the testing is building-wide, so we had to hear every single suite's smoke detector go off. I was so exhausted by 1:00 PM that I went straight back to bed. It is finally going to be quiet around here! Anyway, that’s all for now.
of the day here was the fire alarm tester. Our visit was about 1:30pm. The thing is, we and everybody else here's the same thing. So thisone guy has a pole, cups the alarm with this pole to set it off, and uses a spray of some kind that shuts it down. For each suite. And that's for both buildings. We have one more day of it. "Good news" is they finish at 3pm. Thank God!
Not only do I had yesterday early, but today more of the same and Tuesday its laptop morning maintenance. At least I can go back to bed. Thursday Lodge, Friday AARC. Then I'm off! I might want to go to "Ye Old Craft" next Saturday. It's a Saturday morning lodge. I can go get some Tim's before that, and file in. There's a Tim Hortons further East along 118th Ave. Anyway, that's all for now.
was watcing WWE "Clash in Italy." It was shorter then "Smackdown." It was a good crowd in Turin Italy.
Today was a rain day. Here in Strathern we received about 25mm of rain during the day,
I've got 2 outings this week: Lodge and AASR Friday. Other then that, I'm just taking it easy. I've got a couple of projects I'm doing here at home.
Also, today & tomorrow, managment, will be testing suite fire alarms. One at a time. This building and the connector building. Anyway, that's all for now.
WWE's Clash in Italy live event starts at 2:00 PM Edmonton time, which works out perfectly for me.
degree was really good. The music I had ready went as good as practice. I have another practice Sunday, so I hope that mirrors, last nights efforts.
At least I can watch Clash in Italy on Netflix Subday @ noon, get some brunch and see about getting a ride to Lodge. Then I just have Lodge and AASR next Friday, and that's a wrap until Summer.
at about 6-6:15 tonight for Chapter. Hopefully I will have no snags with my iPad and BT speaker, and everything will run as smooth as Sunday.
The 'laziest man in history,' a wealthy English heir named Jeremiah Carlton, went to bed and stayed there for 70 years. He died on today's date in 1790 at age 89. On May 27, 1994, the highest temperature created by humans, a balmy 920,000,000 F degrees (30 times hotter than the center of the sun) was produced at the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
mild toothache pain over the last several days. After we do the Master Mason degree I'll be calling the detal office to set up a consultation. I'll bring the upper denture I was given back in 2021. It wasn't very successful for me and sat in a sollution reffill over the years. I think my mouth shrank as the last time I tried inserting the denture, it was a tough fit getting it into my mouth. I might need a new upper. If it makese sense and there's enough insurance money for one, I'd like to get an arcylic hard reline for both upper and lower denture. If I need to shell out of pocket, I can do that but the Alberta seniors benifit program which I'm on might cover it. There are others. But I hope to be setting up a consultation with them asap once all of my Masonic stuff is taken care of.
After our late dinner, Anne took me down to the work out room. They have treadmill and 2 stationary bikes.
Last night I enjoyed the Ave's/Vegas game. Vegas scored first and then later late in the 3rd. It was 2-0 and then Denver scored but that was all they could do. Vegas defeated first place in the West Avalanch, and then swept them 4-0. Talk about embarrasing. Tonight it's game 4 Hurricanes/Montreal. Hopefully the Habs can tie the series. Anyway, that's all for now.
Chapter practice picked me up 12:30pm. I set my iPad up and music ready. There were 6 sections loaded and everyone on time and on cue. I even did the intrduction spot on. I was home by 3:15pm, and had a nap for about 2 hours. I watched most of the Vegas/Ave's game, and Denver is in trouble. 0-3 in the series.
I missed Lon Milo Duquette's "Sunday School" talk earlier. It was on Penticost and "prayer." Good talk though.
doon mall. I had Anne's walker with me. It's old andcrippled up, like me. It job. I need my own walker. Very handy for Lodge. Our first desitnation was the Tailor shop behind RBC. Anne had found a nifty bus pass holder pouch at Value Vilage, similar to the old one that I would wear over my neck. She had this plastic material item that would be good for a bus pass holder she wanted to have it sewn on.
After the hockey game my Amazon order arrived: My Nintendo Switch 1 charging adapter. If your reading this Mary, I've had the Nintendo Switch since 2019. Remember the good times when we were both single adult's as neigbors on the same floor, you'd pay me visits and after that, we'd play video games? Good times. Don't tell Don what we did though before that🤫
At first I couldn't get the adaptor to charge the console. After dinner I realized I had it in the wrong slot. Yeesh. Anyway, that's all for now.
from Amazon that my Nintendo Switch 1 charging adapter will be arriving sometime today. 😀This means that once it get's here, I'll be able to charge my device and then see if I can connect to the Internet. If not (as I suspect) it means it's my internet connection. I don't even think it's that alone, because Telus is sharing a default connection. If that's even possible.
On May 20, 1916, the small town of Codell, Kansas was struck by a tornado. But what was truly incredible was Codell was hit by a tornado on the same date in 1917, and yet again in 1918. Further, all three storms came through around the same time-- in the early evening.
When Anne returned from getiing our burgers from Carls jr, she bought a box of Krispy kreme donuts. I didn't think the donuts were all that special. The burger was good though. I'll order that again. Anyway, that's all for now.
waited for the #501 Capilano Moll bus. The bus was late but I had no difficulty getting around. I got my replacement Visa card, no problem. The walker was holding out good. I could have had the bank activate the card there, but I wasn't in a hurry. I caught my bus to my destination: a block North of the Bonny Doon Mall Value Village. I was home in ten minutes.
In the main they were playing horse racing. It's a boad game of some sort. About 8 players. I met one of our neigbors across the hall, Irene, who casually knew Anne. She mentioned that they play rummy (card game) in the main floor 3 days/week. While I've never played, something to do during the day.
us baby back ribs sliced "foiled potatoes," about 4 times a year. These are packaged under name brand, like Earl's Kelsy's. These ones had bits of fat i n the meat and the potatos were not cooked that well. Anne made better.
On May 18, 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded in a cataclysm that sent ash 12 miles into the air, and left 57 people dead.
I remember this quite well. I was living with Charles/Bev in Calgary early 1981. I was working with Army & Navy department stores, and then moved back up to Edmonton with Richard Lord in the General apartments. This was even before the OTO.
I watched Monday night Raw and followed the Habs/Sabres game. Raw ended as the hockey game was just entering OT tied at 2. Habs scored in OT winning their first game 7 on the road ever. Other then the dinner, it was a good day. Anyway, that's all for now.
I'll be tuning into BabaLo's Fb chat this morning. At 5:30pm, I'll watching a bit of the Canadians/Buffalo game 7. Lets Go Habs. I'll be following the game whilte watching Wrestling.
Not off to a good start this week for my steps. Best I could get is 2,590. I ususally try and get 3,100 steps minimum
Anne gave me half sammy before bed. Her bronchial condition is slowly improving. I hope she has a decent night's sleep. I hate having her in this condition. Anyway, that's all for now.
the easiest way to Homebrew my Nintendo 3DS XL Zelda A Link Between Worlds Limited Edition. I got it in 2017. Back then we had better internet then we do now. I charged my unit to see if it could connect to our wifi, but the connection failed due to our basic internet here. We got locked into that "Home security" with Telus at Wyndham but we couldn;t use our higher speed Internet at Wyndham because the basic plan here hyjacked what we had at Telus for another year.
An idea:💡We had to do an eTransfer to have the moving company move us. We used my iPad and transfered the funds to the moving company in the ground floor lounge here. Can I connect my 3DS XL to the lounge internet? It might be faster then what we're using now
St. Brendan, the 6th century Irish priest, is celebrated today. He is chiefly renowned for his legendary journey by boat to the Isle of the Blessed, as part of his search for the Garden of Eden. Along the way, he's said to have encountered fantastical creatures like a sea monster.
I've got possibly 2 outings this week: I've got to pick up a replacement bank card Tuesday and Friday there is a multi lodge degree between my lodge and 2 others, and that's Friday. As musical director for my lodge doing the same degree later next month. Not sure if I'm going. It depends. Anyway, that's all for now.
got the Valley line LRT to Mill Woods. Destination: First time Dennys. First time I took the walker out. It was windy AF. One of the breaks is broken so it causes it to drift to the left a bit. What I like about Denny's is that it's open 24hours and the LRT there stops about 1:30 weekdays. I had the breakfast starter 2 eggs 2 sausges cubed hashbrowns. Of course diet cola.😀Anne had the "grand Slam" or whatever it was. We really enjoyed it. They've even got individual seats at the counter, which is cool. My bill came to $15, Anne's $20. I paid the $5 tip. Good vibe. The place was busy. We'll be back. We took a bus just outside by McDonalds because I had a craving for a strawberry Sundy. Anne got a brownie something. We enjoyed that got the bus back to Mill Woods Transit. We got home about 8pm.
Sometime this weekend, our Junior Warden is organizing another Lodge breakfast. Anne can come out because it's for Lodge members and friends & family. That's a work night for Anne as she likes to sleep for as long as possible. I usually get a ride out to these things from my lodge brother. We both joined the lodge, same time 2002.
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Forty-six years ago, I set out to record my occult journey, but my "magical record" eventually shifted into a daily diary. Most of those pages ended up in a landfill during Anne’s downsizing, but my OTO and Masonic degrees remain safe. I’m still advancing, with three Scottish Rite degrees scheduled before the new year and the potential for AMD, given their quarterly Saturday meetings.
Last night was a struggle with only about an hour of sleep due to RLS, sleep apnea, and too much caffeine from late-night diet colas.
My friend Frances suggested using a stationary bike to help manage my RLS, so I’m going to try a quick session before bed to keep the symptoms at bay. There’s one in the rec room downstairs, and Anne is going to show me how to use it. She mentioned they have two types—one with arm movement and one that’s just pedalling—but I plan to start off slowly. Anyway, that's all for now.
fun. Our stand in SD did an excellent presentation. We had a great debate taking place. I had no issues with the music.
While I never met Ted Turner, he Robert (Ted) Edward Turner III was an American businessman, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel. Ted Turner had a massive impact
I'm busy tomorrow, leaving out of here about 7:30am for Clareview, and BoB. If possible and there is time, I might be able to make Ye old Craft's festive board, call Shoppers Drug Mart, see if my meds are ready for pick up, and come home to get ready for WWE Backlash. In theory. We'll see how that goes.
her census which took all of about 10 minutes to do. Very simple. The last survey project we did at work was more time consuming then this.
Last Friday I met a new AASR brother same situaion as me health wise. He encouraged me to apply for a Dissability tax credit. I don't have a family Doctor, so I'm going to a walk in clinic and see if I can get some help. I'll be investigating this next week but this is not an easy process. I'm sure this wont be easy. Anyway, that's all for now.
ready to go. This time, I'm going to make sure the speaker is activated. I'll have all 3 extra piece of music ready as well for June.
On May 4th, 1933, the discovery of mysterious radio waves from the center of the Milky Way galaxy was described by Karl Jansky in a presentation
We got our census in the mail yesterday. I filled mine out. It took less then ten minutes. It was very easy to do. I'm going to fill Anne's out later today. Anyway, that's all for now.
today. The highlights of my day was watching BabaLon Facebook channel Monday night Raw earlier. I also got my music ready for Lodge for Thursday.
Today is Star wars day. To me, Star Wars day was May 21st 1980 because it was such an important day, when I got my tax return in the mail and cashed it that afternoon. Richard Ellen and went through Edmonton Centre and I saw the last few seconds of the New York Islander beat the Flyers. First time an origional six team got beat by one of the "new kids."
Anne returned from her Clareview Costco outing and gave me a progress report on Wyndham apartment building across the street. The first fire that took out the building by the church was last year. Building B. When I was at BoB early April, there was a debri field 4 stories tall. Then there was a second fire in the remaining Wyndham building (faceing 137th Ave) April 20th. That was the building that we got out from when they had the fire shortly after that. Anne said every entrance was sealed and taped off in Building A. Our old building is empty. God was watching out for us when we got the call to move here, late February to move here. Anyway, that's all for now.
on Steam (Haunted Lands) but I need to buy my meds next Weekend, and I already bought Snorkel Synth yesterday. It was C $8. I still might get the game yet. We'll see.
World Laughter Day 2026 is celebrated on Sunday, May 3, 2026. This global event, typically held on the first Sunday of May, promotes wellness, joy, and peace through laughter.
This week I have lodge practice tonight, laptop maintenace (work) Wednesday, Lodge Thursday, another event Saturday and if there is time, on the way home I can stop at Highlands Hall and get to the festive board for some lunch, and home to watch "WWE Backlash." Anyway, that's all for now.
